Far Rockaway Façade Collapses

The façade of a small strip of stores on Central Avenue in Far Rockaway suddenlycollapsed onto the sidewalk and street at about 9 p.m. on Monday night. Someof the stores, located at 526 Beach 20 Street near New Haven Avenue, were abandoned,and the few active stores were closed for the night when the collapseoccurred. Police say that nobody was hurt in the accident.